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Projects by members => Projects by members => Hydrocars => Topic started by: hydro on January 05, 2008, 23:54:34 pm
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Hi Hydrocars,
Very nice and neat cell construction. Keep up your good work.
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Ye know, it's been said that Turtle ain't never had an original thought...
It's also been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...
Uh, can I borrow that approach?
Turtle
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Thats why were are here, isn't it Turtle?
Copy Past!
have fun!
Steve
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Gonna stick that 308L wire in the MIG and see how ugly the welds come out on 25% CO2.
Gonna be a fun week- at least 5 days nuthin' but project time!
Turtle, giddy
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i was gonna do that!, but that was before i came up with this ideal. :)
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OK, then, so far so good. I made a fixture to hold the tube and bolt in alignment, whilst the welding clamp holds the pipe and a magnet-mounted mild steel plate holds the 304 bolt.
Line it all up, and hit it with the MIG on low power. After all the spittin' and complaining, it settled down into a nice burn and a pert-near perfect weld.
Flip it over to pull the draw and it looks pretty darn good.
Used the above setup and argon / co2 mix.
In playin' withit before the actual weld, it didn't work very well on the 316L to 304 joint.
Seemed best on 304.
No pics fer a week -on the dinosaur line
This opens up some new vistas cuz now I can do fabbin' here without having to load up and jig up at the TIGman's shop.
And to think that roll of 308 has been here for months...
Turtle, learning to fly
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my cell should be going together soon,, i cant wait!
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I had some good success with implementing the above strategy. I made 13 pipes with the 1/4" bolt welded to one end. Most turned out aligned within 0.010" and the ones that were way off got slapped back into shape with a big pry bar.
Gonna drill some circulation holes then prep 'em for installation in the 3-tube cells.
One set will git epoxy-primer coated to 2 mils thick for that experiment as well.
Slow but sure progress.
Turtle
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some more pictures
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Good progress, man! If all of the inner or outer tubes git the same signal, y'all might could make a ring plate drilled to fit all the bolts at once and jes have one connection
Turtle
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This is really impressive Hydro. Can't wait to see it in action.
Keep up the good work!
-Kevin
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here be my L angles. glad its over with!!!! ! ! !! ! ! !
oh, and my old tube beside my new one LOL , i even added rubber bumpers to the bottom of the cell.
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i will make a parts list for where to get the parts to build this cell asap
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Looking good Kevin!
up to your first tests!
br
steve
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nice variac like mine
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On drilling 304:
I get by with the cheap titaninum-nitride coated bits from Harbour Freight, and use a drill press at 330 rpm and plenty of heavy grade cutting oil. Take the time needed to make the cut, start by grinding a flat so ye ain't rollin' offa the curve.
Start small, 1/8" then step out as needed.
Plan on 5 cuts per bit then throw 'em away.
This business ain't fer folks skeerd of spendin' the turtlebucks.
Turtle